Cassini’s Terrestrial Globe / Globo Terrestre di Cassini

Giovanni Maria Cassini (1745 – 1824) was an Italian globe maker, geographer, engraver, and cartographer. His main cartographic work was the Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale of 1792-1801. In 1790, the Calcografia Camerale of Rome published his twelve terrestrial globe gores, that updated the world cartography after the three voyages of Captain James Cook around the globe. The title of the terrestrial globe, printed on the globe itself, is:

The paper globe has a diameter of 30 cm, and it is made completely of paper, except the axis, made with a 6 mm diameter wooden rod. The paper used in the original design is glossy photopaper for the globe and the cover of the base-support. The paper used for the construction of the base-support is plain paper 210 gsm. The project includes fully illustrated instructions in Italian and English.

Wonderful! Many times I considered building this globe in paper, but now your hard work has made the task much easier. Thank you! Is there any chance you will create a papercraft celestial globe to accompany the terrestrial globe? 🙂

Since A4 and US Letter formats do not have the same width/lenght ratio, I think that the best choice is to print reducing the size of the print “in percentage” instead of “adapting” the print to the paper size.
For my models I usually use paper in the range 160-210 gsm. Here is a comparison table:
60lb 163gsm
65lb 176gsm
80lb 216gsm

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about me…

Hello!

My name is Giuseppe Civitarese (aka Pino), from Trieste, Italy. I am an oceanographer, and in my second life I am a card models builder and designer. My passion for paper modelling began in 2000, when I decided to build a paper castle for my little nephew Matteo. Later, Matteo never built any paper model. On the other hand, since then I've never abandoned this hobby. My specific interest is in designing paper automata, and terrestrial and celestial globes from digital replicas of antique maps.